When Edward Milnes was born in 1840, in High Burton, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Abel Milnes, was 28 and his mother, Mary Sykes, was 30. He married Jane Barden on 26 December 1867, in All Hallows' Church, Kirkburton, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Swinton, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1871 and Rawmarsh, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom for about 30 years. In 1891, at the age of 51, his occupation is listed as coal miner. He died in 1920, in Rotherham, Yorkshire, England, at the age of 80.
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Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
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The Lendal Bridge was opened in 1863, after a previous failed attempt at building it Thomas Page was brought in to design it. It is an iron bridge styled with the gothic style popular in England. When it was first opened, it was a toll bridge but in 1894, it accepted it’s last toll.
English (Yorkshire and Lancashire): variant of Milne , with post-medieval excrescent -s. Compare Mills .
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